Agenda item

Report of the Commissioner (copy attached).

The Committee received a report of the Commissioner providing an update on recent community engagement activities, community priorities and forthcoming events.

In response to a Member’s query about the role of Behaviour Detection Officers, the Assistant Commissioner explained that these officers acted as part of operations to spot suspicious behaviour or evasive action from individuals in the face of a visible policing presence. This tactic had worked well in operations on the London Underground system and accordingly had been extended and developed to play a role in counter-terrorism tactics.

RECEIVED.